The plastic seal and o-ring vendor Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has opened its advanced European Service Center, a highly automated logistics facility in Germany that features robotics throughout the supply chain, from goods receipt to shipping.
The Stuttgart-based company said the facility in Gärtringen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, provides space for 60,000 containers, all accessible by 32 robots which transport goods to one of the 26 ports. A pallet warehouse and a driverless transport system with ten automated forklifts complement the facility.
The 175,000-square foot building offers space for an expanded range of value-added services such as kitting, packaging solutions, and cutting. It also hosts industry‑specific solutions including clean‑room handling, component assembly, and coating processes.
The complex also accommodates an in-house Material Innovation Center (MIC) for the development of polymer formulations for a wide variety of sealing solutions and a recycling development area, which underpins the evolution and integration of sustainable material solutions.
